| 词条 | S v Mtewtwa |
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|name = S v Mtewtwa |court = Eastern Cape Division |image = |imagesize = |imagelink = |imagealt = |caption = |full name = S v Mtewtwa |ArgueDate = {{Start date|1977|03|24|df=y}} |date decided = {{Start date|1977|03|24|df=y}} |citations = 1977 (3) SA 628 (E) |transcripts = |judges = Smalberger J, Stewart J |number of judges = 2 |decision by = Stewart J |prior actions = |appealed from = |appealed to = |subsequent actions = |related actions = |opinions = |keywords = Criminal law, Liability, Defence of compulsion, Onus |italic title = force }} S v Mtewtwa[1] is an important case in South African criminal law, dealing with the defence of compulsion. The accused, in custody, was threatened by a warder with solitary confinement unless he committed a criminal act. The court considered what State must prove in such circumstances in order to obtain a conviction. The court held that, where an accused's defence is one of compulsion, the onus lies on the State to show that a reasonable man would have resisted the compulsion. There is no onus on the accused to satisfy the court that he acted under compulsion. Specifically, where a person is in custody and is threatened by a warder with solitary confinement, then, held the court, at the very least the State must show that the accused could reasonably have complained to the prison authorities of the warder's wrongful conduct and that such complaint would have averted the threatened confinement. See also
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Notes1. ^1977 (3) SA 628 (E). {{SouthAfrica-case-law-stub}} 3 : 1963 in South African law|1963 in case law|Eastern Cape Division cases |
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